Navi Mumbai crime: Unidentified men kill ambulance driver, injure another

Unidentified persons killed a 30yearold ambulance driver and injured another in an attack in Navi Mumbai police said on MondayQuoting an official news wire PTI reported that the attack occurred in the Nerul area around 815 pm on Sunday when four unidentified persons waylaid the ambulance near the gate of D Y Patil HospitalAmbulance drivers Yuvraj Amrendra Singh and Dyaneshwar Nakade 28 were in the vehicle at the time of the incident he saidOne of the accused pulled Singh out from the ambulance and attacked him with a bamboo stick while the other accused vandalised the vehicle the official saidNakade who was injured managed to escape by driving the ambulance past the hospital gate and informed the owner he saidSingh was later found stabbed in the neck and was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead the official saidAn offence under section 302 murder and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Mumbai Police Act has been registered and a hunt has been launched for the accused he addedTwo sisters held for beating woman to death in ThaneMeanwhile two sisters were arrested on Monday for allegedly beating to death a 22yearold woman following a dispute in Maharashtras Thane district police saidOne of the accused aged 30 was the victims sisterinlaw who married another man after her husbands death and lived separatelyDuring the Diwali festival earlier this month the victim who was separated from her husband and her sister had a quarrel with the accused and the latter warned them of dire consequences an official from Kalwa police station said quoting a complaint by the victims mother who is a ragpickerOn November 25 the victim went to a public toilet in Kalwa area but did not returnAlso read Maharashtra 47yearold man from Nagpur held for duping people of lakhs through task fraudWhen her mother went to search for her she saw the accused her sister and another woman thrashing the victimThey allegedly pulled the victim by her hair kicked her and pushed her to the ground the official saidWhen the complainant and a man tried to rescue the victim they were also beaten upThe badly injured victim was rushed to a local hospital As her condition was serious she was later taken to the Sion hospital in neighbouring Mumbai where she died during treatment on Sunday morning the police saidThe 30yearold accused and her sister were arrested and they along with another woman were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 302 murder 323 voluntarily causing hurt 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace 506 criminal intimidation and 34 common intention the official saidEfforts were on to trace the third accused the police added With inputs from agencies